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Tesla is trying to get its "FSD Supervised" exertion approved for usage successful the Netherlands. But Dutch regulators are telling Tesla fans to halt pressuring information authorization RDW connected the matter, and that their efforts volition person "no influence" connected the eventual decision.
The RDW issued a statement connected Monday directed astatine those who person been sending messages to effort and get the bureau to wide Tesla's premium partially automated driving system, marketed successful the U.S. arsenic the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) option. It's not yet disposable for usage successful the Netherlands oregon Europe broadly.
"We convey everyone who has already done truthful and would similar to inquire everyone not to interaction america astir this," the bureau said. "It takes up unnecessary clip for our lawsuit service. Moreover, this volition person nary power connected whether oregon not the readying is met. Road information is the RDW's apical priority: admittance is lone imaginable erstwhile the information of the strategy has been convincingly demonstrated."
The regulator said it volition marque a determination lone aft Elon Musk's institution shows that the exertion meets the country's stringent conveyance information standards. The RDW has booked a docket allowing Tesla to show its systems, and said it could determine connected authorization arsenic aboriginal arsenic February.
Last week, Tesla posted connected X encouraging its followers to interaction RDW to explicit their wishes to person the systems approved.
The station claimed, "RDW has committed to granting Netherlands National support successful February 2026," adding a connection to "please interaction them via nexus beneath to explicit your excitement & convey them for making this hap arsenic soon arsenic possible." Tesla said different EU countries could past travel suit.
The RDW corrected Tesla connected Monday, saying successful a connection connected its authoritative website, that specified support is not guaranteed and had not been promised.
Tesla didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.
In the U.S., the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an probe into Tesla's FSD-equipped vehicles in October pursuing reports of wide postulation violations tied to usage of the systems.
The cars Tesla sells today, adjacent with FSD Supervised engaged, necessitate a quality operator acceptable to brake oregon steer astatine immoderate time.
For years, Musk has promised that Tesla customers would soon beryllium capable to crook their existing electrical vehicles into robotaxis, susceptible of generating income for owners portion they slumber oregon spell connected vacation, with a elemental bundle update.
That hasn't happened yet, and Tesla has since informed owners that aboriginal upgrades volition necessitate caller hardware arsenic good arsenic bundle releases.
Tesla is investigating a Robotaxi-brand ride-hailing work successful Texas and elsewhere, but it includes quality information drivers oregon supervisors connected committee who either behaviour the drives oregon manually intervene arsenic needed. Musk has said the institution aims to region quality driers successful Austin, Texas, by the extremity of 2025.
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